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    The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air...
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    "the Mainland", has an area of 967 km2 (373 sq mi), and is the fifth-largest island in the British Isles. It is one of 16 inhabited islands in Shetland. Humans...
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    This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick...
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    Lerwick (redirect from Lerwick, Shetland)
    miles (200 km) off the north coast of the Scottish mainland and on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland, Lerwick lies 211 miles (340 km) north-by-northeast...
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  • Scottish mainland. Most, but not all, exterior location filming takes place in Shetland; in 2021, filming of series 6 and 7 took place in Shetland in two...
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    from Shetland to the southern Moray Firth. As in nearby Caithness, these rocks rest upon the metamorphic rocks of the eastern schists, and in Mainland where...
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    of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and highly influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and...
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    Twatt is a settlement in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located on the Shetland Mainland on a minor road that leads from the A971 road to Clousta...
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    purposes. Shetland ponies originated in the Shetland Islands, located northeast of mainland Scotland. Small horses have been kept in the Shetland Islands...
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    Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed, although little has come of it. Shetland Islands Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland:...
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  • Shetland North European Enclosure Dam (NEED) North from Shetland to Western Norway North European Enclosure Dam (NEED) North from Sotra to mainland Norway...
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    is thought that the original Shetland herding dogs were of the Spitz type, and were crossed with Collies from mainland Britain. In the early 20th century...
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  • of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland with...
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    clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Mainland Shetland in Scotland and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the surrender...
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    Sumburgh Airport (category Mainland, Shetland)
    ICAO: EGPB) is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM (31 km;...
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    with a UK population of over 3000. On the mainland the breed is governed by the Shetland Sheep Society. A Shetland ram was kept by United States President...
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    Scalloway Castle (category Mainland, Shetland)
    Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600...
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    Field of the Thing assembly) is a parish in Shetland, Scotland. Located mostly on the Shetland Mainland, the centre lies about 2 miles north of Scalloway...
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    as Shetland Space Centre, is a spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands off of mainland Scotland...
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    Jarlshof (category Mainland, Shetland)
    best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable...
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    Sumburgh (redirect from Sumburgh, Shetland)
    Sumburgh is a small settlement in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh is located at the south end of the Mainland on Sumburgh Head. Sumburgh Airport...
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  • Australia Mainland, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village in Canada Mainland, Orkney, the main island of Orkney, Scotland Mainland, Shetland, the main...
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    ‘the land north of the Mavis Grind’) is a peninsula in northwest Mainland Shetland in Scotland. The peninsula has historically formed the civil parish...
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  • islands of Scotland List of Orkney islands List of Outer Hebrides List of Shetland islands List of islands of the Isle of Man List of islands of the United...
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    Tingwall Airport (category Mainland, Shetland)
    6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland's main airport, which is Sumburgh...
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    Scalloway (category Villages in Mainland, Shetland)
    bay) is the largest settlement on the west coast of the Mainland, the largest island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The village had a population of roughly...
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    Sullom Voe Terminal (category Mainland, Shetland)
    terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin and stores oil before...
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  • Loch Baile a' Ghobhainn Orkney: see List of lochs in Orkney Shetland: Mainland Shetland: Clickimin Loch Whalsay: Loch of Houll, Loch of Huxter, Loch...
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    Brae (category Villages in Mainland, Shetland)
    Breiðeið, meaning "the wide isthmus") is a village on the island of Mainland in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom. Brae was historically a fishing village...
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  • places in Shetland compiled from this list The List of places in Shetland is a list for any island, town, village or hamlet in the Shetland Islands council...
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